EXHIBIT 99.1
                          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                           18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                            AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Annual Report of Weatherford International Ltd.
(the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Bernard J. Duroc-Danner, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or
         15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
         the Company.



/s/  Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
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Name:    Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
Title:   Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the
         Board and Director
Date:    March 14, 2003